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A film actress is murdered by her estranged husband who is jealous of all her young boyfriends. The next day, writer Robert Tisdall (who happens to be one such boyfriend) discovers her body on the beach. He runs to call the police, however, two witnesses think that he is the escaping murderer. Rober …t is arrested, but owing to a mix up at the courthouse, he escapes and goes on the run with a police constable's daughter Erica, determined to prove his innocence. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmadnessfalling in loveunfaithfulnessextramarital affairescapeadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | mine cave ingas stationcourtroompolice stationrural settinghotelforesttrainbeach |
Characters: | truck driveraunt nephew relationshipaunt niece relationshipuncle niece relationshipuncle nephew relationshipcousin cousin relationshipmaidactresslawyerwritermusicianpolice officergirlbrother sister relationshipboy …brother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice (See All) |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | strangled with a beltabandoned minefainting manmovie actressluxury hotelfreight traindead woman on a beachreference to florence nightingaleblind man's bluff gamegrabbed by the lapelssent to one's roomletter of resignationabandoned millhand crankedchildren's party …lighting someone's cigarettewoman strangled to deathfemale slaps a maleeye blinkingpass outman slaps a manpushing a carflophousejalopyhorse and carttwitchpetrolyear 1936year 1937railyardreference to cinderelladead ratevil laughon the lamwoman hits a manoff screen murderseashoremale singerraincoatrunning out of gastramppainted faceblackfacebrandyrevolving doorextreme close uptruckerballroomracial stereotypewoman slaps a manlighting a cigarettebeltroadblockseagullcar drivingpolice inspectordirector cameoflat tirefamily dinnerminesuspectpet dograinstormthunderstormdrummermanhuntface paintinnocencedead womanrailway stationorchestradriving a carmagicianfaintingnewspaper headlineblindfoldpiglong takelightningfugitiveargumenton the runbirthday partybirdchildfalse accusationjudgestrangulationbandinterrogationbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsechasedancingcigarette smokingbased on novelfightdog (See All) |
London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | flophouseon the lamoff screen murderbrandypolice inspectordirector cameosuspectinnocencelong takefugitivefalse accusationstrangulationcorpsebased on novel |
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 …d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationforest |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippolice officerbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | railyardwoman slaps a manmanhuntnewspaper headlinefugitiveon the runinterrogationbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsecigarette smoking |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairescapeadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationforest |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officergirlbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | suspectinnocencedriving a carlong takefalse accusationface slapcorpsechasecigarette smokingbased on novelfightdog |
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.
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationpolice station |
Characters: | truck driverpolice officergirlbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | freight trainflat tirefugitiveon the runstrangulationbandbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsechasecigarette smokingfightdog |
Jenny Hayden never did get over the death of her husband. So when an alien life form decides to model "himself" on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet, and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it.
Themes: | escapedeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationforesttrain |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | truckerroadblockrainstormlong takelightningfugitiveon the runbrawlfistfightcorpsechasecigarette smokingfight |
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 …. 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)
Themes: | escapemurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | courtroompolice stationhoteltrain |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | lighting someone's cigarettelighting a cigarettedirector cameorailway stationnewspaper headlinefugitiveon the runfalse accusationjudgebrawlfistfightchasecigarette smokingfight |
Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. … For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the 'bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomtrain |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | fainting manwoman strangled to deathdirector cameosuspectrailway stationfaintingblindfoldfalse accusationjudgestrangulationcigarette smokingbased on noveldog |
Themes: | madnessescapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippolice officerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | male singerflat tirerainstormmanhuntface paintnewspaper headlinelightningfugitiveon the runinterrogationbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsechase …cigarette smokingfight (See All) |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationtrain |
Characters: | lawyerwriterboyhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | director cameorainstorminnocencedead womanfalse accusationchasecigarette smoking |
The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appoin …ted husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire - then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters - family, friends and fortune. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | courtroomrural settingforestbeach |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipuncle niece relationshipuncle nephew relationshipcousin cousin relationshipmaidlawyerwriterbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | seashorepigjudgedancingdogfight |
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: | extramarital affairadulterydeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationbeach |
Characters: | maidlawyerpolice officergirlfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | director cameonewspaper headlinelong takefalse accusationinterrogationbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsecigarette smokingfight |
Detective Virgil Tibbs is caught up in the racial tension of the US South when he is arrested after the murder of a prominent businessman. Tibbs was simply waiting for his next train at the station in Sparta, Mississippi and the confusion is soon resolved but when local police chief Gillespie learns … that Tibbs is the Philadelphia PD's number one homicide expert, he reluctantly asks for his assistance. The murdered man, Mr. Colbert, had come to Sparta from the North to build a new factory and his wife and business associates immediately point the finger at Endicott, the most powerful man in the county and the one who had the most to lose if a major new employer comes to the area. Tibbs' life is clearly in danger but he perseveres in a highly charged and racially explosive environment until the killer is found. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationdeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhoteltrain |
Characters: | police officerbrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | freight trainman slaps a mansuspectfugitivefalse accusationface slapcorpsechasebased on novel |
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma …gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomhotelforesttrain |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshiplawyerpolice officergirlboybrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | magicianlightningargumentbirdjudgecorpsebased on novel |
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 … 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)
Themes: | escapeinfidelitydeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhotelforesttrain |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | ballroommanhuntfugitiveon the runfalse accusationjudgebrawlfistfightcorpsechasecigarette smokingfight |
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: | police investigationdeathmurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | police officergirlboybrother brother relationshippolice |
Story: | freight trainrailyardpet dognewspaper headlinelong takelightninginterrogationcorpsebased on novel |
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: | escapedeathmurder |
Locations: | gas stationpolice station |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshippolice officerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | car drivingrainstormlong takelightninginterrogationbrawlfistfightchasecigarette smokingdogfight |
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 …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationhotel |
Characters: | lawyerwriterpolice officergirlbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | car drivingsuspectargumentfalse accusationinterrogationcorpsecigarette smokingbased on novelfight |
Adrian Doria, a wealthy businessman named Man of the Year due to his high-tech company and his trade agreements with the Asian market, meets Virginia Goodman, a veteran lawyer expert in witness preparation and judicial declaration, recommended by Adrian's lawyer Felix Leiva in order to create a cred …ible defense. Arrested by the police in a mountain hotel room with the corpse of his lover at his side, photographer Laura Vidal, Adrian talks Virginia about the crime and his relationship with Laura, revealing that both suffered a car crash where a man called Daniel Garrido died, and how Laura manipulated Adrian to avoid the jail by Daniel's death. At the same time that Felix is looking for a clue that it could change the course of the events, Virginia and Adrian keep talking about the case but her, unconvinced of the Adrian's testimony, forces him to clear the dark points of his history, in a puzzle where the truth and the lie are easily exchangeable. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationextramarital affairinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationhotelforesttrain |
Characters: | actresslawyerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | pushing a cartramplighting a cigarettesuspectfalse accusationjudgeinterrogationcorpsecigarette smoking |
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 …e run to break the spy ring. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurderdeath |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | director cameomanhuntrailway stationfugitiveon the runbirthday partyfalse accusationbrawlface slapchasedancingbased on novel |
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protege Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But … Victor's experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation. (Read More)
Themes: | madnessescape |
Locations: | police stationforest |
Characters: | maidpolice officerpolice |
Story: | ballroompolice inspectorrainstormlightningfugitiveon the runbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsechasedancingbased on novelfight |
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 …n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | courtroompolice stationbeach |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rainstormnewspaper headlinelightningjudgebrawlfistfightcorpsecigarette smokingbased on novelfightdog |
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mecha …nical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveescapedeath |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipactresswritermusicianpolice officergirlboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | hand crankedpet dograilway stationorchestramagicianchildcorpsechasedancingdog |
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 …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)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationpolice station |
Characters: | police officerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | manhuntnewspaper headlinelong takefugitiveon the runinterrogationbrawlfistfightcorpsechasecigarette smokingdogfight |
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: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | courtroompolice stationtrain |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerboy |
Story: | police inspectornewspaper headlinejudgecorpsechasecigarette smokingbased on novel |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairescapeinfidelitymurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | courtroomhoteltrainbeach |
Characters: | actresslawyerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinefalse accusationjudgebrawlfistfightcorpsefight |
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.
Themes: | extramarital affairescapeinfidelitymurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationpolice stationhotel |
Characters: | police officergirlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | fugitiveon the runinterrogationbrawlface slapfistfightcorpsecigarette smokingfight |
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: | police investigationescapemurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhoteltrain |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | extreme close uppolice inspectorflat tiresuspectnewspaper headlinestrangulationinterrogationface slapcorpsechasecigarette smokingbased on novel |
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 …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)
Themes: | extramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurder |
Locations: | police stationhotel |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | extreme close uprainstormlightningstrangulationinterrogationbrawlfistfightcorpsecigarette smokingbased on noveldogfight |
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: | deathmurder |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipuncle nephew relationshipmaidlawyerpolice officergirlbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | flat tirefaintinglightningargumentcorpsecigarette smoking |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
Themes: | falling in loveunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | gas stationhotelbeach |
Characters: | maidlawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | flat tireblindfoldcorpsecigarette smoking |
Malcolm Rivers has been convicted as the perpetrator of several murders and is sentenced to death. An eleventh hour defense by his lawyers and psychiatrist that Malcolm is insane based on new evidence has resulted in them meeting with the prosecutors and the judge to discuss if the verdict should be … overturned. Meanwhile, on a dark night during a torrential rainstorm in the Nevada desert, a series of chain reaction events results in several people needing to stay at an out of the way motel managed by Larry. They are: ex-cop now limo driver Ed, and his client Caroline, a diva of a once famous actress; quiet adolescent Timmy, his stepfather George, and his mother Alice, who was seriously injured when Ed accidentally ran over her as she watched George change their flat tire; prostitute Paris, who was the unwitting cause of George's flat tire; newlyweds Lou and Ginny, whose marriage is based on a lie; and Police Officer Rhodes, who was en route escorting prisoner Robert to his new institution. They all can't leave the area because of washed out roads, all the other businesses around the motel are closed because of the storm, and all communication in and out is not functioning also because of the storm. One by one, they are murdered, the murderer leaving a calling card of a motel room key, starting with the room 10 key and working his way presumably to the room 1 key when the last person will be dead. Those still alive band somewhat together under Officer Rhodes and Ed's direction… (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Characters: | actresslawyerpolice officerboyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | flat tiresuspectrainstormthunderstormlightningfugitivejudgestrangulationbandface slapcorpse |
Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther …Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairescapeadulterymurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationhotel |
Characters: | father daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | woman hits a manwoman slaps a manrainstormnewspaper headlinelightningon the runface slapcorpsechasecigarette smokingbased on novelfight |
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 … 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: | madnessescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | gas stationpolice station |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipmaidpolice officerbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | running out of gaspigfugitiveon the runstrangulationinterrogationface slapcorpsechasecigarette smokingdog |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhoteltrain |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerboypolice |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | manhuntrailway stationon the runjudgebandinterrogationface slapcorpsechasedancingcigarette smoking |
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 …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationescapeadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice stationbeach |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | rainstormlightningfalse accusationjudgestrangulationinterrogationbrawlfistfightcorpsechasedancingfight |
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in the computer generated parallel world his company has created (which looks like the 30's wi …th seemingly real people with real emotions). Fuller is murdered in our real world the same night, and his colleague is suspected. Douglas discovers a bloody shirt in his bathroom and he cannot recall what he was doing the night Fuller was murdered. He logs into the system in order to find the letter, but has to confront the unexpected. The truth is harsher than he could ever imagine... (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Locations: | police stationhotelbeach |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | ballroomrainstormthunderstormorchestranewspaper headlinelightningbrawlfistfightcorpsedancingcigarette smokingbased on novelfight |
In London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for th …eir marriage. When Mark arrives from America to visit the couple, Margot tells him that she had destroyed all his letters but one that was stolen. Subsequently she was blackmailed, but she had never retrieved the stolen letter. Tony arrives home, claims that he needs to work and asks Margot to go with Mark to the theater. Meanwhile Tony calls Captain Lesgate (aka Charles Alexander Swann who studied with him at college) and blackmails him to murder his wife, so that he can inherit her fortune. But there is no perfect crime, and things do not work as planned. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Characters: | lawyerwriterhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | raincoatpolice inspectordirector cameonewspaper headlinefalse accusationjudgestrangulationcigarette smoking |
In New Orleans, English teacher of the high school Rampart High, Will Gerard, and his wife, musician Laura Gerard, are in love with each other. One night, Laura leaves a rehearsal and is assaulted, while Will is playing chess with his friend Jimmy. Will is visiting her in hospital when, out of the b …lue, a stranger named Simon tells him that he belongs to an organization of vigilantes and offers to eliminate the assailant. In return, the organisation would want a favor from Will in the future. Will agrees, and the criminal is murdered. Six months later, Simon collects his debt with Will. He demands that Will kill Alan Marsh, a pedophile. Will accidentally kills Alan and soon he learns that the victim was an awarded journalist that was investigating the organization. Now he seeks evidences to prove his innocence but the network of the organization is powerful and is seeking Will out to eliminate him. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationpolice station |
Characters: | musicianhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | flat tireinnocenceorchestranewspaper headlinefugitiveon the runinterrogationbrawlfistfightcorpsechasefight |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | police investigationmurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationforest |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officergirlboyhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | suspectinnocencefalse accusationinterrogationface slapcorpsedancingcigarette smokingdogfight |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomtrain |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipcousin cousin relationshiplawyergirlbrother sister relationshipboyhusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | railway stationnewspaper headlinefalse accusationjudgeface slapchasecigarette smokingfight |
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 …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: | escapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhotel |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | car drivingdriving a carfugitiveargumentbirthday partychasedancingfight |
The five highly trained Bennett sisters in Georgian England must try to protect themselves from the growing zombie threat, find suitable husbands for themselves, battle marriage proposals and unlikely suitors, and save the country before it's too late.
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Locations: | forest |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipaunt niece relationshipcousin cousin relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | woman hits a manrainstormpiglong takelightningbrawlfistfightcorpsechasedancingbased on noveldogfight |
Liam Neeson returns as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered. Consumed with rage, and framed for the crime, he goes on the run to evade the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and the police. For one l …ast time, Mills must use his "particular set of skills," to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now - his daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationescapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationpolice station |
Characters: | father daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | police inspectorfugitiveon the runinterrogationbrawlfistfightcorpse |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc …tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
Themes: | madnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | police stationhotel |
Characters: | maidactresshusband wife relationship |
Story: | movie actressdead womanface slapdancingcigarette smoking |
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 …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)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | police |
Story: | roadblocksuspectmanhuntfugitiveon the runfalse accusationbrawlfistfightcorpsechasefight |
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series …of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find." (Read More)
Themes: | escape |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rural settingforesttrain |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipmusicianfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | on the lampiglightningfugitiveon the runfistfightdancingbased on novelfightdog |
Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Su …therland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves. (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | gas stationhotel |
Story: | strangled with a beltbrandydirector cameonewspaper headlinestrangulationinterrogationbrawlfistfightcorpsechasedancingcigarette smokingdog |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomrural settingtrain |
Characters: | police officerbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pet doglightningchildjudgeinterrogationcorpsefightdog |
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca …pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhoteltrain |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipactresspolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | police inspectorminerainstormbirthday partycorpsechasecigarette smokingfightdog |