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12 Angry Men
1957 • Drama
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What b…
Why matched: genres Drama
Murder on the Orient Express
1974 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Q & A
1990 • Thriller • Crime • Action
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Network
1976 • Drama
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Net…
Why matched: genres Drama
Serpico
1973 • Drama • Crime
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Daniel
1983 • Drama
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel…
Why matched: genres Drama
Fail Safe
1964 • Drama • Thriller • War
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic ca…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Verdict
1982 • Drama
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by…
Why matched: genres Drama
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towar…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Guilty as Sin
1993 • Drama • Thriller
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Fugitive Kind
1960 • Drama • Romance
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursu…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Wiz
1978 • Music • Adventure • Fantasy
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
Why matched: genres Music, Adventure
Garbo Talks
1984 • Drama • Comedy
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Gar…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Running on Empty
1988 • Drama • Romance • Crime
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Critical Care
1997 • Drama • Comedy
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
The Pawnbroker
1965 • Drama
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Why matched: genres Drama
The Anderson Tapes
1971 • Thriller • Crime • Action
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn'…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Power
1986 • Drama
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides t…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Group
1966 • Drama
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper-class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the…
Why matched: genres Drama