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After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wond β¦ering if they're getting too much help. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerhome invasioninsanityobsessionpsychopathangervoyeurisminvestigationescapejealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolsex in a carcourtroompolice carpolice stationkitchennightclublos angeles californiahelicopter |
Characters: | shooting a police officerpolice arrestterrorlawyerpolice officerstudentteacherprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | security alarmsiren the alarmpet catdusting for fingerprintsbail hearingwife's sexual pretencemad copheld at knifepointspeeding vehiclesearch warrantfamily in dangerfax machineblack stockingsdeeply disturbed personvillain not really dead cliche β¦homosexual subtextunwanted kissfemale victimmotorcycle copmolestationpolice officer shot in the chestyuppiestretcherframedgolf clubalarminterrupted sexphysical abuseevidencedelusionremote controlwoman in jeopardytrappedblack humorswimsuitbuttocksjail cellcaptivejoggingbreaking and enteringmaniaccorrupt copstalkingattempted rapescarsuburbstalkerargumentduelgunshotjudgehousedinercocainedrug dealershot in the backswimmingrevolverclassroomvoyeurhandcuffstearscatwatching tvpunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeatingwoman on topnipplesdancingfemale nuditysex scenefight (See All) |
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: | psychopathescapemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroompolice carpolice stationnightclub |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officerteacherhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | framedevidenceremote controlbuttocksjail cellbreaking and enteringgunshotjudgerevolverhandcuffstearswatching tvdancingfemale nuditysex scene |
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 β¦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)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerpsychopathvoyeurisminvestigationescapejealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroompolice car |
Characters: | terrorstudentteacherpolice |
Story: | woman in jeopardycaptivebreaking and enteringmaniacstalkingscarsuburbdueljudgehouseswimmingclassroomvoyeurhandcuffswatching tv β¦punched in the facecorpsedancingfight (See All) |
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: | psychopathangerinvestigationmurder |
Locations: | courtroompolice carpolice stationnightclubhelicopter |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officer |
Story: | evidenceremote controlbuttocksjail celljudgerevolverwatching tvpunched in the facecorpsebeatingfemale nudity |
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.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | insanityobsessionpsychopathinvestigationescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | deeply disturbed personfemale victimmolestationphysical abusewoman in jeopardytrappedcaptivemaniacstalkingattempted rapestalkerargumentduelvoyeurhandcuffs β¦punched in the facecorpsebeatingfight (See All) |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | angerescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationnightclub |
Characters: | police arrestpolice officerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | police officer shot in the cheststretcherbuttocksstalkingscarstalkergunshotdinershot in the backrevolvertearspunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeating β¦fight (See All) |
Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specificall β¦y Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - the family about whom he is obsessed, than anyone else. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state. (Read More)
Themes: | home invasioninsanityobsessionpsychopathangervoyeurismdeathmurder |
Locations: | police stationkitchen |
Characters: | police arrestpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | evidencedelusionremote controlbuttocksbreaking and enteringsuburbstalkerargumentdinervoyeurhandcuffstearswatching tvcorpsenipples β¦female nudityfight (See All) |
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | insanityobsessionpsychopathdeathmurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | terrorhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | wife's sexual pretencedeeply disturbed personevidencewoman in jeopardytrappedblack humorcaptivemaniacduelswimmingtearscorpsebeatingdancingfemale nudity β¦fight (See All) |
Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no long β¦er wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | home invasioninsanityobsessionpsychopathjealousy |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | terrorpolice officerprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | deeply disturbed personvillain not really dead clichehomosexual subtextphysical abusewoman in jeopardyblack humorjail cellmaniacstalkingstalkerhandcuffswatching tvpunched in the facebeatingfight |
A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via HAM radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that chan β¦ging history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasionobsessionpsychopathinvestigationescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationnightclub |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | villain not really dead clichewoman in jeopardycaptivecorrupt copstalkingstalkerdinerrevolvercorpsebeatingfight |
Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who takes Paul back to her remote house in β¦ the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)... (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerinsanityobsessionpsychopathangerinvestigationescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | shooting a police officerterror |
Story: | deeply disturbed personvillain not really dead clichephysical abusecaptivemaniacduelhousebeatingfight |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma β¦n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Themes: | angerinvestigationescapemurder |
Locations: | courtroompolice carpolice station |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | fax machineevidencejail cellsuburbjudgerevolverhandcuffspunched in the facecorpsebeatingfight |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
Themes: | angerinvestigation |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroompolice carpolice stationhelicopter |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officer |
Story: | stretcherevidencejogginggunshotjudgehandcuffstearsface slap |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | insanitypsychopathangerinvestigationescapejealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carnightclubhelicopter |
Characters: | terrorlawyerpolice officerprostitutepolice |
Story: | deeply disturbed personfemale victimyuppieremote controlwoman in jeopardyblack humorbuttocksmaniaccocainerevolvervoyeurcatwatching tvcorpsebeating β¦nipplesdancingfemale nuditysex scene (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | obsessioninvestigationjealousydeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroompolice car |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | evidenceremote controlbreaking and enteringcorrupt copjudgedinerclassroomhandcuffstearswatching tvpunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeatingdancing β¦fight (See All) |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape β¦d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | insanitypsychopathescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice carpolice station |
Characters: | terrorlawyerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | female victimevidencedelusionwoman in jeopardybuttocksjail cellmaniacstalkingattempted rapeswimmingtearswatching tvcorpsefemale nudityfight |
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.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | insanitypsychopathvoyeurismescapedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carkitchen |
Characters: | terrorpolice officer |
Story: | female victimmolestationwoman in jeopardycaptivemaniacstalkingscarstalkerdinervoyeurwatching tvcorpsedancing |
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling acces β¦sory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasioninsanityobsessionpsychopathinvestigationescapejealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | kitchen |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | wife's sexual pretencedeeply disturbed personhomosexual subtextfemale victimwoman in jeopardymaniacduelpunched in the faceface slap |
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: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerpsychopathinvestigationescapedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice stationlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | framedgolf clubcaptivescarduelcocaineshot in the backrevolverpunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeatingdancingfemale nudityfight |
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hots β¦hot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | obsessionpsychopathangerinvestigationjealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroompolice carlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | evidencecorrupt copgunshotjudgeswimmingsex scenefight |
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost β¦(Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerhome invasionobsessiondeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice stationnightclublos angeles californiahelicopter |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | police officer shot in the chestjail cellcorrupt copscardrug dealershot in the backhandcuffspunched in the facecorpsebeating |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark β¦question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionpsychopathangerinvestigationjealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice carpolice stationkitchen |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | alarmphysical abuseevidenceargumenthousecatwatching tvcorpsefemale nuditysex scenefight |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate β¦ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasioninsanityangervoyeurisminvestigationescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | motorcycle copstalkingscargunshotshot in the backrevolvervoyeurhandcuffstearswatching tvpunched in the facecorpsebeatingfight |
Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara Matthews has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful frien β¦dship. But Tracy is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she's going to have to get to the bottom of what's up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasionobsessionpsychopathinvestigationescapejealousydeathmurder |
Locations: | nightclublos angeles california |
Characters: | studentteacherhusband wife relationship |
Story: | pet catdeeply disturbed personunwanted kissdelusionjoggingbreaking and enteringstalkingstalkerdinerrevolverclassroomcatpunched in the faceface slapdancing β¦female nuditysex scenefight (See All) |
Jake Scully comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire B-movie, he scans the paper looking for anything. He happens to meet Sam Bouchard, a fellow actor who needs a house sitter. Both are pleased with the a β¦rrangement that will have Jake staying in the house and for a sweetener, Sam shows him his favorite neighbor, a well-built woman who strips with her window open each night. Jake becomes obsessed with meeting her and is able to help recover her purse from a thief, but shows his own phobia, he is incapacitated by claustrophobia when the thief runs through a tunnel. When Jake witnesses a murder, he finds out that the police love to pin crimes on peeping Toms. Jake discovers that here are just too many coincidences but must hunt them down himself without the police. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | obsessionvoyeurisminvestigationmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carnightclublos angeles california |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | motorcycle copalarmbuttocksjoggingbreaking and enteringstalkerargumenthousevoyeurwatching tvface slapbeatingwoman on topnipplesdancing β¦female nuditysex scene (See All) |
Sam Bowden ('Nick Nolte' (qv))is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver" type family-man. Max Cady ('Robert De Niro' (qv)) is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, a β¦nd he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasionpsychopathangermurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | family in dangeryuppietrappedmaniacstalkingattempted rapestalkerdinerrevolverhandcuffscorpsebeatingfight |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and β¦disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasioninsanityobsessionpsychopathangerinvestigationescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | siren the alarmdeeply disturbed personunwanted kissdelusionmaniacstalkingscarstalkerargumentdinershot in the backrevolverwatching tvpunched in the facebeating β¦dancingfight (See All) |
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront β¦Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | obsessionpsychopathescapedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | kitchenlos angeles california |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | deeply disturbed personfemale victimphysical abusecaptivemaniaccorrupt copstalkingstalkerduelshot in the backrevolverwatching tvpunched in the faceface slapcorpse β¦beatingfight (See All) |
When a 'Single White Female' places an ad in the press for a similar woman to rent a room (to replace the boyfriend she's just left), all the applicants seem weird. Then along comes a level headed woman who seems to be just right. The new lodger has a secret past which haunts her.
Themes: | insanityobsessioninvestigationescapejealousymurderdeath |
Locations: | kitchennightclub |
Story: | pet catunwanted kissphysical abuseremote controlmaniacattempted rapestalkervoyeurface slapfemale nuditysex scene |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con β¦vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | angerdeathmurder |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice car |
Characters: | lawyerteacherhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | speeding vehicleevidencebuttocksscargunshotdinercocaineswimmingrevolvervoyeurtearswatching tvface slapcorpsebeating β¦nipplesfemale nudity (See All) |
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 β¦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: | home invasioninvestigationescapedeathmurder |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice carpolice stationkitchen |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | siren the alarmspeeding vehiclewoman in jeopardystalkingstalkercocainedrug dealershot in the backrevolverhandcuffswatching tvpunched in the faceface slapbeatingfight |
Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship.
Themes: | angerdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice stationnightclublos angeles californiahelicopter |
Characters: | police officerprostitutepolice |
Story: | duelcocainedrug dealerrevolverhandcuffscatfemale nudityfight |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Themes: | psychopathangerescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles california |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellhousecocainedrug dealershot in the backrevolverhandcuffswatching tvpunched in the facebeatingfight |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r β¦ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
Themes: | angerinvestigationjealousydeath |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroompolice carpolice station |
Characters: | shooting a police officerpolice arrestlawyerpolice officerstudenthusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | breaking and enteringcorrupt copgunshotdinerdrug dealertearswatching tvpunched in the facebeatingdancing |
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: | home invasionobsessionangerinvestigationescapedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroompolice stationnightclub |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | judgecocainedrug dealershot in the backrevolverhandcuffspunched in the facecorpsebeatingnipplesdancingfemale nudityfight |
College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his idyllic hometown of Lumberton to manage his father's hardware store while his father is hospitalized. Walking though a grassy meadow near the family home, Jeffrey finds a severed human ear. After an initial investigation, lead police Detective John Wil β¦liams advises Jeffrey not to speak to anyone about the case as they investigate further. Detective Williams also tells Jeffrey that he cannot divulge any information about what the police know. Detective Williams' high school aged daughter, Sandy Williams, tells Jeffrey what she knows about the case from overhearing her father's private conversations on the matter: that it has to do with a nightclub singer named Dorothy Vallens, who lives in an older apartment building near the Beaumont home. His curiosity getting the better of him, Jeffrey, with Sandy's help, decides to find out more about the woman at the center of the case by breaking into Dorothy's apartment while he knows she's at work. What Jeffrey finds is a world unfamiliar to him, one that he doesn't truly understand but one that he is unable to deny the lure of despite the inherent dangers of being associated with a possible murder. Still, he is torn between this world and the prospect of a relationship with Sandy, the two who are falling for each other, despite Sandy already being in a relationship with Mike, the school's star football player. (Read More)
Themes: | murder of a police officerobsessionpsychopathvoyeurisminvestigationjealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | shooting a police officerstudentpolice |
Story: | woman in jeopardybreaking and enteringcorrupt copsuburbdinerdrug dealerrevolvervoyeurface slapcorpsefemale nuditysex scene |
Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | obsessionvoyeurismjealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | villain not really dead clicheyuppiebreaking and enteringmaniacstalkingsuburbstalkervoyeurwatching tvcorpsebeatingnipplesfemale nudity |
Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull β¦ it off? (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionangerinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | courtroompolice carpolice station |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | buttocksjail celljoggingjudgerevolverface slapcorpsenipplesdancingfemale nuditysex scenefight |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerinsanitypsychopathinvestigationescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | shooting a police officerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | police officer shot in the chestscardinershot in the backrevolverwatching tvpunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeatingfight |
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.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | angerinvestigationescapedeathmurder |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police officerprostitute |
Story: | golf clubbuttockshandcuffstearswatching tvpunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeatingnipples |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house β¦ and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
Themes: | murder of a police officerinsanitypsychopathangerescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | terrorpolice officerprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | female victimmaniacattempted rapehousecocainedrug dealershot in the backrevolverhandcuffspunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeatingwoman on topsex scene |
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)
Themes: | murder of a police officerhome invasioninvestigationescapejealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice carpolice station |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellcorrupt copsuburbdinercocaineshot in the backrevolverhandcuffspunched in the facecorpsebeating |
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: | suspense |
Themes: | angermurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | remote controlwoman in jeopardystalkingscarstalkerrevolverhandcuffstearswatching tv |
Rose Cooper is an uptight and by-the-book cop whose name has become a verb synonymous with screw-ups, and she's found a chance to redeem herself. She has been assigned to protect a federal witness, Daniella Riva, the vivacious and outgoing widow of a drug boss. As the two polar opposites race throug β¦h Texas, they find themselves pursues by everyone from crooked cops to murderous gunmen. However, their greatest obstacle to making this out alive may be themselves as they learn that Cooper has now been considered a fugitive fleeing with Danielle. (Read More)
Themes: | angerescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police arrestpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | black humorcorrupt copargumenthousecocainedrug dealerrevolverhandcuffswatching tvdancingfight |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se β¦cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasionobsessionangerinvestigationjealousydeathmurder |
Locations: | swimming poolpolice stationkitchennightclublos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | woman in jeopardystalkingstalkergunshothousepunched in the facebeatingdancingfight |
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: | murder of a police officerhome invasionescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationhelicopter |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | corrupt copdinercocainedrug dealershot in the backrevolverhandcuffspunched in the faceface slapcorpsebeating |
Two seemingly well-educated young men, who call each other Paul and Peter among other names, approach a family on vacation. They are, apparently, friends of the neighbors, and, at the beginning, their true intentions are not known, but soon, the family is imprisoned and tortured in its own house vio β¦lently, which the viewers are forced mostly to imagine and to share a certain complicity with the criminals. It might be some kind of game with the lives of husband, wife, son, and dog, but why are they doing it? (Read More)
Themes: | home invasionpsychopathescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | kitchen |
Characters: | terrorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | family in dangergolf clubphysical abuseremote controlgunshothousewatching tvface slapcorpse |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a β¦n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | home invasioninvestigationdeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | swimming poolcourtroomkitchenlos angeles california |
Characters: | police officerteacherpolice |
Story: | alarmevidencebreaking and enteringgunshotjudgeswimmingrevolverwatching tvbeatingfight |
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 β¦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)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | murder of a police officerhome invasionpsychopathinvestigationescapejealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationnightclub |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | maniacstalkingscarstalkerdrug dealerrevolverhandcuffsface slapcorpsebeatingnipplesfemale nudity |
Having discovered they could turn animals invisible, a group of scientists test the subject on a human. Head of research, Dr. Sebastian Caine decides to use himself as the subject. After the experiment can't be reversed, it takes a toll on Caine's personality, causing him to hunt down and kill his c β¦olleagues (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | insanitypsychopathangervoyeurismescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Story: | villain not really dead clichetrappedstalkingsuburbstalkervoyeurpunched in the faceface slapcorpsenipplesfemale nudityfight |