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Thriller based on the novel by James Ellroy. Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) was a struggling actress looking to make a name for herself in 1940s Tinseltown. When police discover Elizabeth's body cut clean in half and with all of her organs missing, ex-pugilist detectives Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) are the men charged with cracking the case and apprehending the killer. As Blanchard's marriage to Kay (Scarlett Johansson) begins to suffer due to his obsession with the sensational crime, his partner Bleichert discovers a troubling link between the victim and the mysterious Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank), a prominent socialite and daughter of one of the town's most connected key players.
The year is 1901. Two ships sail off the north coast of Germany. One of the ships, the 'Dulcibella' , is a weather-beaten ex-lifeboat owned by a young Englishman, Arthur Davies, on a sailing holiday. The other is an opulent yacht owned by an apparently wealthy German, Dollmann. Davies becomes increasingly suspicious of Dollmann's behaviour. Could he be a spy? Wanting answers, Arthur contacts a friend in the Foreign Office who joins him aboard, only for them to be threatened by Dollmann and told to leave the area. Instead the two become even more involved and discover a German plot to invade Britain. They must get word urgently to British intelligence, but there are many forces who wish to keep them silent.
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford star in this political thriller about the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon. Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein (Hoffman) and Bob Woodward (Redford), aided by the White House mole Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), thwart Nixon's attempted cover-up after his agents are caught breaking in to the Watergate complex in 1972. The film won four Academy Awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jason Robards) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material from Another Medium and was nominated for another four including Best Picture and Best Director.
Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, easily influenced and keen to live the good life. When he joins up with the local Mob family, all his dreams seemingly come true. But living a life of crime, as Henry soon finds out, can be very dangerous. Especially when the guys in your crew, the Goodfellas, are psychotic and can't be trusted. Covering a 30-year stretch in the lives of three key Mafia figures, this bold, unpredictable classic was one of the most powerful films of the 90's.
Thriller starring Susan George. After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. Following the death of her mother, Marianne (George) stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. As knowledge of her new found wealth circulates, would-be kidnappers conspire to kill her and claim the substantial sum of money. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing to get what they want.
Jodie Foster stars in this thriller based on the novel by Laird Koenig. Following the mysterious death of her father, 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs (Foster) continues to live alone in her family home. In order to protect her home and existence, Rynn tries to convince her suspicious neighbours, snobbish landlady and the concerned police force that her father is simply out of town on business. But her landlady's seedy son Frank (Martin Sheen) also begins to take an avid interest in the lonely teen's situation. How far is Rynn willing to go to safeguard her secret?
All six episodes from the third season of the sci-fi anthology drama created by Charlie Brooker which explores the role of technology in modern society. In this season, a woman tries to improve her social media status, two soldiers do battle with a gang of mutants and an American signs up for a trial of an augmented reality game. The episodes are:
Amanda Seyfried stars in this psychological thriller. When her sister suddenly disappears, Jill (Seyfried) is sure that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years earlier is responsible. With time rapidly ticking away, Jill approaches the police for help - but they do not believe her. With no one left to turn to, she sets out to track down her sister's kidnapper herself. Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter and Emily Wickersham co-star.
Thriller in which a group of college friends' vacation on a lake island cabin turns into a nightmare when they discover they are surrounded by flesh-hungry sharks. Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends arrive at her family's Louisiana holiday cabin in good spirits. With the weather as sunny as they'd hoped, they soon venture outside to sunbathe and swim. Things begin to go wrong when football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) emerges from the water with an arm missing. Little do they know what waits in store for them when they set sail across the lake to try and get Malik to a hospital: the group are hunted by what seem like hundreds of sharks and face a desperate battle for survival.
When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia. The first season of REACHER is based on the international bestseller “Killing Floor” by Lee Child.
Low-budget British thriller starring Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan and Simon Phillips. Set in an eerie post-apocalyptic London, the film tells the story of seven people who are the only remaining survivors after an unspecified cataclysmic event has wiped out the Earth's entire population. As they struggle to understand what has happened to them, the seven are hunted down one by one by a mysterious demonic power.
Horror from director Robert Zemeckis. What begins as a weekend getaway for six friends becomes a terrifying fight for their lives. A road trip to one of the biggest college football games of the year takes a turn for the worse for Carly (Elisha Cuthbert), Paige (Paris Hilton) and their friends when they decide to camp out for the night before heading to the game. A confrontation with a mysterious trucker at the camp site leaves everyone unsettled, and Carly has her hands full trying to keep the peace between her boyfriend Wade (Jared Padalecki) and her hot-headed brother Nick (Chad Michael Murray). They wake up the next morning to find that their car might have been deliberately tampered with. At the risk of being stranded, they accept a local's invitation for a ride into Ambrose, the only town for miles. Once there, they are drawn to Ambrose's main attraction - Trudy's House of Wax, which is filled with remarkably life-like wax sculptures. But as they soon discover, there is a shocking reason the exhibits look so real. As the friends uncover the town's dark secrets, they are stalked by a mysterious killer and find themselves in a bloody battle for survival. The group must find a way out of Ambrose - or become permanent additions to the House Of Wax.
Director Fritz Lang's political thriller follows a British hunter's attempts to outrun Nazi agents after he targets Adolf Hitler. While on holiday in Bavaria, willdlife hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) stumbles upon the Fuhrer's country retreat, eventually spotting Hitler in the gardens. After lining up the leader in the crosshairs of his empty rifle, Thorndike is arrested by members of Hitler's Gestapo bodyguard, who try to beat a confession out of him. After eventually escaping and navigating a tortuous route back to Britain, Thorndike is forced to seek help from local seamstress Jerry Stokes (Joan Bennett) when he discovers German agents are hunting him down.
Michael Mann directs this thriller starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and policeman Vincent Hanna (Pacino), both obsessed with their professions and determined to achieve big things, find themselves caught in a cat and mouse chase as McCauley sets plans in motion for one last heist before his retirement. When Hanna gets assigned to the case of the notorious thief, he dedicates himself to making McCauley's arrest the pinnacle of his career. The all-star cast also includes Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore and Jon Voight.
Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut star in this thriller directed by David M. Rosenthal. After breaking up with her long-term boyfriend Dave (Chestnut), Leah (Lathan) decides to embrace life by going to a bar and hooking up with handsome stranger Carter (Ealy). As the two jump head first into a passionate relationship, Leah begins to notice changes in Carter's behaviour, culminating in an unprovoked attack on a man in a gas station. When Leah makes the decision to end the relationship Carter refuses to believe that their time is up and proceeds to stalk Leah in the most creepy and sinister ways.
American thriller starring Henry Ian Cusick. As he boards a train at New York's Grand Central Station, film-maker Danny Hart (Cusick)'s life changes forever. On his way to conduct interviews for his latest documentary about the Holocaust, he meets a mysterious woman named Lexi (Nicki Aycox). After resolving to help her any way he can Danny finds himself on the wrong side of the law and catching the attention of Detective Lloyd Martin (Stephen Lang) as he delves deeper into his own fantasies.
Angela Dixon stars in this action thriller written and directed by Howard J. Ford. When her young daughter is abducted while on holiday in Morocco, single mother and ex-FBI agent Lisa Brennan (Dixon) will stop at nothing to get her back. Unable to trust anyone and facing a race against time, Lisa quickly begins her search through the murky backstreets of Marrakesh. However, after becoming implicated in the murder of a seemingly innocent man following a violent confrontation, Lisa is forced to turn to her government contacts for help.
Keanu Reeves stars in this home invasion thriller from the director of Hostel and Cabin Fever. Left at home alone while his wife and children are away for the weekend, Evan Webber receives a late night visit from two attractive rain-soaked young women asking to use his phone. But after letting the girls inside and allowing them to use his shower and dry off their clothes, the night takes a turn as the two girls seduce Evan to thank him for his hospitality. Reluctant at first, Evan eventually gives in to temptation but not without suffering the consequences...
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen co-write and co-direct this American thriller. Seeking some fun whilst home for the Christmas holidays, friends Holly (Helen Rogers), Cali (Alexandra Turshen) and Mel (Lauren Molina) break into a seemingly empty mansion that Cali has told them belongs to her rich uncle. When they eventually discover the truth and try to leave the trio are confronted by angry groundskeeper Arthur (Larry Fessenden). In the ensuing scuffle to get out they send Arthur tumbling down the stairs to his apparent death leaving the girls with a difficult decision to make about what to do with his body...
Mark Wahlberg and Brie Larson star in this American crime drama directed by Rupert Wyatt. The film follows privileged literature professor and high stakes gambler Jim Bennett (Wahlberg) as he embarks on a relationship with his student Amy (Larson) while running up huge amounts of debt to numerous casino owners and gangsters. The supporting cast includes Jessica Lange as Bennett's mother Roberta, John Goodman as paternally inclined lender Frank, and Michael K. Williams as loan shark Neville Baraka.
While holidaying in Barbados, widowed Foreign Office employee Judith (Julie Andrews) begins a romance with handsome Russian military attaché Feodor (Omar Sharif). However, Feodor is in reality the second-in-command of the KGB, and when Judith returns to England she finds herself under suspicion of deliberately liaising with an enemy agent.
Gabe Turner writes and directs this British thriller about two generations of London gangs. Retired gangster Mitch (Doug Allen) is forced to return to his previous occupation when his old friend is attacked and left for dead. Learning to adapt to the new way of doing things Mitch goes on a vengeance spree teaching the young guns some of his old tricks along the way. The cast also includes Harley Alexander-Sule, David Essex and Vas Blackwood.
Screen adaptation of the award-winning comic series created by Frank Miller. Interweaving multiple storylines from the series' history, the film is set both before and after 'Sin City' (2005). Powers Boothe returns as corrupt politician Senator Roark, who is being hunted down by Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) after the suicide of her friend and protector John Hartigan (Bruce Willis). Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a shady gambler determined to bring down the city's biggest villain; and Josh Brolin plays Dwight McCarthy, a man struggling to maintain control over his life and personal demons while fending off his ex-girlfriend Ava (Eva Green)'s wealthy husband Damien Lord (Marton Csokas). The ensemble cast also includes Mickey Rourke, Juno Temple and Jeremy Piven.
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac star in this thriller adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel by Hossein Amini, who makes his directorial debut. In 1962 wealthy married couple Chester and Colette MacFarland (Mortensen and Dunst) are in the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, when they meet shady tour guide Rydal (Isaac). Rydal is immediately taken with the beautiful Colette and doesn't hestitate when the couple invite him to dine with them. Later in the evening, however, he begins to realise that Chester is hiding a dark secret and soon finds himself embroiled in murder. Rydal helps the MacFarlands evade the authorities but his feelings for Colette cause tension between him and Chester, making the already precarious situation even more dangerous. |
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