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The Killing
1956 • Thriller • Crime
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes strai…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 • Drama • Crime
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together i…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
King of the Gypsies
1978 • Drama
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
Why matched: genres Drama
Kansas Pacific
1953 • Western • Action
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is…
Why matched: genres Western, Action
Crime Wave
1953 • Thriller • Crime
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doin…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Naked Alibi
1954 • Drama • Thriller • Romance
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is mur…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Shotgun
1955 • Western
Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory's Indian commissioner until the notorious Ben Thompson slays the marshal when…
Why matched: genres Western
Terror in a Texas Town
1958 • Western
Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be the guilty party.
Why matched: genres Western
Johnny Guitar
1954 • Drama • Romance • Western
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establ…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Star
1952 • Drama • Romance
Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional col…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Suddenly
1954 • Thriller • Crime
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But vi…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Crime of Passion
1956 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bil…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 • Comedy • War
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to st…
Why matched: genres Comedy, War
The Long Goodbye
1973 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
The Final Programme
1973 • Thriller • Science Fiction • Comedy
Returning from Lapland, where he buried his father, a renowned scientist, Jerry Cornelius comes back to London with the firm intention of taking revenge on his brother Frank and…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Science Fiction
Carol for Another Christmas
1964 • Drama • TV Movie • Fantasy
Wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to…
Why matched: genres Drama, TV Movie
Zero Hour!
1957 • Drama • Thriller
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Nine to Five
1980 • Comedy
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Why matched: genres Comedy
Venom
1981 • Thriller • Horror
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, however, when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, e…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Horror
Winter Kills
1979 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller